Telegram-herald., 1887-11-07
Do THE SPIRITS MOVE
ksLLsR's eIPlMoN o. sscIJns.
Hia sesa@ss A1ssaa gfi4asd ~ NATURAL
s<s~as Ihe ti4isss "a shs splr lsa@lssts
kst4fs1s - ths sstb2ra 'coAa az1sis-
slss-lt - al tFieksrf.

Il sas nsassd tkst qails a q asher 0f local
1Flriila.isls attended Tia peI lcrulsDess
given ~ Harry AssAas. 81 Possess 6rsaa
uls,f interest IA his cabinet seaace. one
thing - csEtsln. aaG thai ia Heliar's la0iaet
manifestations are "a Superior s1ls sssn
nlofs Hags.efioas thsa ssy sssr given heTe
81 any 50 called spiritual .stie nsciufns-
iae ciiim o. kslizg that such manifesto
tloEs are nOtAIak more than clever uleks,
Is 0ns taaE ragheF thFoss a ssaiaoE 81 nd
cafe ca those y % i1slst that they 'zaa De
accomplished thro0gh tie Inaos1es oi
splFtls
A reporter asked Mr. kellzr Friday even
ing 4 Lhs SpiEitu alists ever c-ulsrEel viii
lam rfgar1a1z as e4oiEe- tFicks.
N yss." he replied i'theY al insist that
/ an laedi4M / 0esetvs 0f.e thins. aad
thst = nesFiy every meFium | ever s-H,
Uss c.unss th4i Is tasy ale .nOt
nEishs8, Aad gFaerallf oanE tAs hsiie
"details. sbIca kaa bs usrd - aud tp The
effect of q tFack or manifestation c0ntiGer-
tbly. Ies, al OF the splfltaallsts inslst
tnat l aAl =. fI.edlan VI rare pSSefs AMI
that 1 sna extraordinarily blessed, m being
favored, 50 s.s 10 c0ntrOl The splrils as do
Of course Il is 40 use for ne 10 tell them
that I accomplish everything By natural
means. l. would not DC consistent tor
them 10 admit that fact. There Is. how
ever. this difetsnee between nv ART, If you
NAV call ll sucn ald that OF the spiritual
aediam Rot one of then silt saomit
10 scientific investigation. Tie Sei0ard
Com omission in PhiizislphIa Witnessed NV
manifestations, and every member OF that
Comm ssion admitted TIA. l dld more won
terful and ms slerious things than any Of
the mediums-
How was this Commission formed?"
Henry SSiaaId wealthy Philadel-
pbian let $4,000 i0r the purpose Of inyesli-
gatns Spifitu4;ism. Ths Commission was
fOrmrd and Vas composed OF reputable csti-
zens Of Philadeiphla. They investi gated
every possible thing claimed for Spiritual
ism. Iney performed their mission
earnestly anu honestly. appeared
before the Commission several times.
I They asked me 20 demonstrate the causes
! by which / produced my effects This l
was not AZ dEst inclined To do. They de-
ci2red that the Tes son that they made the
request was 81 that they could make an In
teliigent report and suostantiate their be-
lief that every thiag claimed for Spiritual
ism could be accomplished by natural
means. l finally consented and took the
chairman OF the commission. Horace How
| ard Furnace, into my confidence and ex-
| planned TO him every detail of my trick.
This. in their minds, would shut out any
future controversy. The report of the
| commission, which has been published, was
virtually All absolute refutation OF the
claims of the Spiritualists, and created
| quite sensation.
Then you do not take much stock in
mediums, Mr. kellar?"
''Oh. / believe there are some honest
mediums, but have not seen anything
/ done AT seance that | csnnot reproduce
| by natural means. There are some
mediums that | DO not have much
| confidence in. One of them called on me
in Boston and insisted that | was medium
but / persisted that | could account for
everything 1 did, aud that my exhibition
Was merely q trick and nothing more. He
finally took my word for II and asked me
70 show him some cabinet tricks, which /
did on the payment of a good round sum.
l suppose he IS now travelling about giving
the spirits credit FOX them and deluding the
unwsry public"